visit to north korea in july of last year. and just 2 months later in september can junk on travel to russia. she met with letting me put in there. so and ever since we are getting more and more reports about this, um corporation on arms exports from north korea to russia to support the russian war effort. this is what in the us and its allies and ukraine say. and now russia and north korea denied this, but the risk compelling evidence which supports this. i think the strongest piece of evidence is a report from the united nations and which is concentrates on a specific missile attack on the north ukrainian city of hockey. on the 2nd of january as of this year and the debris collected after this, after this attack could be analyzed and do you an expert said that and this was the debris was in fact from a north korea made a ballistic miss. i'll serious for us on the 11th. so there was more accusations of dots and we do us the and south korean officials say that some $10000.00 containers to where could have been transported alre

korea, so for the journalistic group on all of us they gave one north korean mobile phone with one north i would say with one north korean button on the phone, or wherever it is calling. well, in fact, in addition to all this entourage, and what this whole life in north korea actually imagines, which is probably now being prepared for the russians. i wonder why putin actually came there, well , he came in order to conclude an agreement, and this agreement directly, let's say, is such a hint that russia wants to leave the regime of sanctions against north korea, that's what putin said in principle. a new intergovernmental agreement on all was signed, a new intergovernmental agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership was signed, agreeing that this is... a truly breakthrough document that reflects the desire of the two countries not to stop there, to raise our relations to a new qualitative level, and russia and korea conduct an independent and self-reliant foreign policy and do not accept the language of blackmail and dictation. we oppose the practice of applying politically motiva

russia is an ally, it is a partner of north korea.hat we are here together with the president has arrived, will arrive. more precisely, we expect an impressive delegation to arrive, this is the minister of foreign affairs, and the minister of defense, and the first deputy prime minister and sectoral vice-premiers and ministers, there will also be several governors who will fly here, this is, of course, the governor, the governor of primorye, the region , which borders north korea, in general, it is obvious that they will talk about the full range of cooperation, from defense to cross-border and tourism, because there will be people here... who they will also discuss the development of the railway network , north korea is opening up to russia, we know that it’s already quite easy to get here, for example, tourists, having flown in from vladivostok and bought a ticket, can take a walk around pyongyang, enjoy all these sights, as well as go skiing, we know that russia cooperates with north korea in the field of transportation, we have a

james, it is north korea is most important partner it shares a long border with north korea. how does trying to view the surgeon, cooperation between russia and north korea? well, the china has previously express concern when peeling young is engaging in move bullets heil behaviors. remember, it's annoying china's interest to see an escalation on the korean peninsula because of, as you just mentioned on very long border, it shows with north korea that has been some discussion. well, so in the, in the, the, the surroundings invest me think about what the paging would be concerned about losing some degree of influence, sort of a feeling young because of russia, a deepening its ties with north korea. but we have seen a more, i'm a positive note, struck in the, the official response from china. a statement from china is for our ministry overnight saying that welcome to russia through cement and grow ties with countries that they have a traditional friendship with. james, thank you. very much east asia correspondent james traitor. sketch you up on some other stories making headlin

together with china for the resolution on sanctions against north korea, and putin did not fly to northfly, we complied with the sanctions , we threw out north korean workers and so on and so forth. korea, perhaps at our request, will become a bigger stimulus for the west. is it possible north korea to engage in new nuclear activity, satellite activity, to somehow make our enemies twitch. well, that's it , that is, it's actually about sanctions, it's very important, remember, remember that china and the ussr, in fact, were those countries that, well, together with everyone and a little bit not in the first ranks, introduced sanctions against north korea, now let's see how it all changed, but what about russian propagandists. practiced their love for north korea, its leader, so much that they tried to, well, jump out of their pants, and frankly, let's say, not everyone succeeded, some were ashamed, such as solovyov, tried and failed, wanted to start ether in korean, but realized that i do not know the language, but it happens like this, i studied english and italian all my life, and it t

korean north koreans who want to escape north korea.lanning operations on t sth. that is where we have to be more vigilant. it could not just be military actsbuthink of the balloons nothing korea has been sunny -- north korea has been sending to south korea, hundreds of balloons to test resolved, as malice to see how far they can go and potentially how to escalate tensions against the south. rajini:was tha next question, really. how would you characterize the relationship between the north and the south now? as you say, just in the last few days we saw vladimir putin and mr. kim as well, that grand visit in pyongyang. >> inter-korean relations have been brimming and walking towards greater tensions since the administration, but it is a result of north korea's behavior, developing weapons, conducting missile tests, trying to test the resolve of the united states-south korea lance, and now the united states-south korea-japan trilateral collaboration. it is not out of the ordinary for north korea. also looking at the war going on in easter

and the north, north korea of the supporting russia with a 2 artillery shells. and the estimates from these 2 countries from us in south korea, or somewhere on the $10000.00 in or is that north korea has apparently shipped so far to russia. now what does change them own hope to gain from the vitamin 15 into a ton? there is a range of issues that are interesting to, to the north korean and either i mean, 1st of all it's also a certain recognition that the russian leader is visiting joan gang at this time and bought some more practically in north korea. as of course, interested in the technology transfer, especially in 4th space program or so for it's messiah our program. and so, and i think these are the areas that they can jump on. well, we'd like to explore was looking at 14 and the interesting the, there was one issue $1.00 and $1.00 other issue on the agenda. and these are the north korean workers. and north korea is interested in sending its workers to russia. they are an important source source of income for the country slash cooperation is sanctioned by th

for the first time in 24 years, putin went to north korea to build ties. to agree on weapons, how the negotiations in pyongyang can affect the war in ukraine and can short-term agreements turn into long-term cooperation? let's try to figure it out in today's edition of the bbc: i'm olga polamaryuk. russia needs weapons, korea needs technology, money. this is how the experts briefly describe the purpose of today's visit vladimir putin to north korea. the fact that this trip will take place became clear after his... in september of last year , he went to russia, you remember, an armored train, rich treats, a tour of the cosmodrome, and nine months later, putin gathered in pyongyang, likely to agree on the supply of weapons. this is indicated by putin's article for the korean press published on the eve of the visit. in it, the russian leader thanked for, quote: "firm support of the dprk in carrying out a special military operation." end quotes well, if the leaders' previous meeting was intended to...lay the groundwork for their relationship, this visit demonstrates the progress that has

it is notjust actions of the north koreans. it is not just the actions of the north koreans.. it is notjust the military acts we should be worried about but think about the balloons they've been sending to south korea, hundreds of balloons, as well as seeing how effective those balloons can go, how far they can go, and potentially how north korea can escalate tensions across the south. ., korea can escalate tensions across the south. . . , , the south. that was my next question reall , how the south. that was my next question really, how would _ the south. that was my next question really, how would you _ the south. that was my next question really, how would you characterise - really, how would you characterise the relationship between the north and the south now? and as you say, just in the last few days, we saw vladimir putin and mr kim with that grand visit in pyongyang?— grand visit in pyongyang? korean relations have _ grand visit in pyongyang? korean relations have been _ grand visit in pyongyang? korean relations have been brimming - grand visit in pyongyang? korean|

russia sells oil to china, earns yuan, then invests these yuan in north korea, north korea buys all necessarys, components for production in china for these yuan munitions, sends them to russia, russia kills ukrainians, it seems that china is neutral here, although it is absolutely clear... that it controls the functioning of this complex, because not only components are supplied there, but also machine tools and other necessary elements for increasing production ammunition, in fact now north korea is the very workshop that ensures russia's war against ukraine, and at the same time our allies say that let's just look at it, well, i think that this is absolutely unacceptable, mr. mykhailo, but what about this you can get in the way and russia and north korea are already under your belt. a long time ago, since the time of the full-scale invasion of ukraine, north korea has been constantly under sanctions by international organizations there, especially the united states, as it is possible to... i don't know, oppose, strengthen these sanctions or some other mechanisms that can be conditionally a

i think the north korea's north, for his goal is not necessarily to punish the south korean people, at least at this point. i think it's more to turn this after reading people against the conservative administration. and so all of that is emphasized hawker signaling drawers and or 3 and more generally. so that seems to be the objective and it's certainly unusual when it comes to north korea's playbook. but in recent years, we have seen the north koreans get a lot more creative in the ways in which they criticized south korea most prominently. of course, at the start of this year conjunction took the most significant decision he's taken arguably in his entire tenure. in that he formerly recalls the longstanding north korean strategic objective of unification. but south korea and is what we're seeing now is taking place in a context of north korea, having fundamentally revisited its approach to south korea. south korea, when ask you about the, the speakers. it's got these huge speakers along the border blaring music and, and k, pop music goes off of that against the resume in the north.

we don't know the extent to which russia is willing to help the north koreans and north koreans haveheir in advancing their wmd goals. certainly with russian assistance, if it does spill over into the wmd well, could help north korea faster achieve its goals and at a higher level of sophistication than what north korea would be able to do on its own. that is a huge concern in the revision for the was for its allies in the region. certainly north korea weapons provided to russia help russia continue its worth fighting in ukraine and strengthen and bolster its ability to wage this war against the west. it is definitely concerning but has been concerning for a couple of years now. we really need to find ways to create these off ramps and alternative pathways forward because certainly what we are doing is driving them closer together. we we are doing is driving them closer together.— we are doing is driving them closer together. we await to see how the _ closer together. we await to see how the rest _ closer together. we await to see how the rest of - closer together. we await to see how

you have to say when you are in a place like north dakota or north carolina, that this is the best ofrica. you start off at a dinner like this with a prayer and pledge surrounded by people who you know care about yournities and your kids in your schools and care about the future of ■uthis country and if they did', they wouldn't be here. we did that in such a great way. i want to take a minute and say thank you to all the people who service tonight as well? [applause] you have had a lot of attention, there are great speakers running through here, you had eric and lara night. how wonderful. you must know how important north carolina is when we have the cochairs of the rnc both from where? north carolina? the state is so important. if you are so important to the future of this country. what happens here could determine the actual direction of our country and, therefore, the world. i went to say it's an honor to beere. it's an honor because of the i think when the chairman saidu. it when he came out, he said,ere days, you will get attacked left and right and sometimes you will think you c

i asked him how north korea stands to benefit from closer ties with russia. worked for north korea, a closer relationship. now with russia, i'm the one hand, but also with china brings a numerous benefits to north korea. it's so to say north korea's version of the risking strategy. balancing the very high end, the very close relations to attempt to china, to very high dependencies. you have. yeah. and so i know i know with a closer relationship with russell, this is one aspect and the 2nd aspect is for many years north korea. so the new kerry facing the, with the us as part of it survive the strength of c 2 maintained receive stability . and this apparently has no change to a new type of strategies that 6 the 2 kinds of felons and form for closer relations to restaurant in china. how is this meeting between kim and protein being viewed in south korea? eric or that south korea is certainly a very concerned. so we expect to see a strategic partner form. this is the word. so for us and of course of north korea . i don't think this will end in a military alliance, which the 2 countries hi

due to arrive in north korea for a trip. i am just strengthening ties and developing trade that avoids width and sanctions. letting me have put in place his unwavering support for the reclusive communist country and the list of published ahead of his visits. it's put into this trip to north korea in 24 years. 20 chang has more power. that's all to the north korean president, tim john, celebrating russia's national day in killing. yeah, we're not russia. he said, wasn't in that simple ally, had a visit to asia by vladimir putin tongue tip. this significance to me is that you know mr. pollutant is traveling around like i is a statesman, you know, as a allies is putting this isn't the brakes. he's making moves and those are the thing that he's losing the war. i may have to think again, his 1st visit is to north korea, to, to leaders who then travel much president kim and puts in a will acquainted a visit to russia last year by conjunction, seems to have cemented an agreement to buy weapons from p on yang in february ukrainian,

ceiling from north korea. last week in the states, many kim jo junk. the pass of system of the countries need to conjunction confirmed the north that sent the balloons to make good on her country. strict. just got to the mountains of waste, paper and filth. that's in response to particularly fits being sent to northwest at green activists. the 2nd wave comes after north korea launched 260 balloons last week. rubbish, such as cigarette butts, cloth, paper waste and pest stick with fine scratches across the capital. so size, square said submit a treat. detected the launch of the balloons and issued emergency a let's. they want people not to come into contact with the balloons. besides the christmas tree dispatched chemical rapid response and explosive clarence teams to recover the daybreak. we did okay in terms of this. so this whole it was so creepy and scary that the building might have for them. because north korea might have had a specific target because they might have a worthy, i mean everyone was so scare

and this re new defense pat between russia and north korea. and i think the, in general, the us is quite limited when it comes to getting in the way of this relationship due to the geo political environment that the us has now situated to call us bring to you. and because you are focused on vietnam, this is not a part of the states, but it was in the same trips that putin made to north korea. was it happy to be lovington with such a prime nation? no. in fact, we now know from retired diplomats who are well informed that noise, that the yes i tried to to the length of 2. and i think when we look at the joint statement, we can say, well, they have the, the had to grin and bear a foot and was going to go to north korea. and that would have repercussions for vietnam, but the craft of joint statement, but tried to distance yourself from the bellicose rhetoric that came out of the young on what impact did it have on put in standing though, if it, if the whole trip was designed to show the west, that putin is not isolated, to what extent did the high

so we are seeing shipments from north korea to - shipments from north korea to russia.rea is such that it in the cases where the shipments are being sent from north korea into russia, how is the united states going to intercept them? a huge problem there where we can actually go into the country. we're looking at millions of artillery rounds, were also at assistance in the form of short range ballistic missiles. but still, rushes at a point of desperation that it needs all the help that it gets and north korea of course is actually going to be able to get things in return, such as economic but more importantly and very sensitive of course, the critical technology to expand his sophisticated weapons programme. expand his sophisticated weapons programme-— expand his sophisticated weapons rouramme. i. . programme. right, ok. so you are in the camp that — programme. right, ok. so you are in the camp that the _ programme. right, ok. so you are in the camp that the russians _ programme. right, ok. so you are in the camp that the russians might - programme. right, ok. so you a

the north korean leader flanked by the military guard of honor.of headlines are already dropping here in seoul, one saying who didn't in pyongyang -- one saying putin in pyongyang, north korea and russia strengthen their alliance, strengthening cooperation with the north outside of the control of the west, quoting president putin here, many papers in seoul are making that point. it is a busy day ahead of mr. pickton and the time he is spending in pyongyang. he is going to reportedly attend a concert. there is a parade at the square that is being planned. he is also planned to visit a church, the only orthodox church in pyongyang. crucially there was going to be a lot of face-to-face time with the two leaders. these men have a lot to talk about. this is significant not just because it is the first time for vladimir putin to be in pyongyang for more than two decades, but i think it is also seen as another rant gesture -- grand gesture in a deepening cooperation between the two pariah states to prove they are not isolated, that they have friends they

north korea relations by strengthening ties. also coming up the is really army approves plans for a military operation against hesper law militia, in southern lebanon. tensions between the 2 had flared since the october 7th terrorist attacks and the subsequent war in gaza. plus wildfires threaten the world's largest wetlands in brazil, el nino conditions and climate change in danger of vital global resource. the hello i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian president vladimir protein rather north korean leader kim jong. one has received russian president vladimir putin on his 1st state visit to the country in 24 years. those leaders are seeking to expand cooperation with 13, looking to boost defense ties as he continues his war in ukraine. north korea has already supplied russia with artillery and other ammunition. after a lavish welcoming ceremony, the russian president express his gratitude for nor 3 of support and said to leaders will sign an agreement to further bolster times, smell that 13 is in killing the i. c

support of his war and ukraine is to day visit is his 1st trip to north korea and 24 years north korean leader, kim jong, and in russia last you shaking hands with his russian counts upon the lot to my present demand, he now caused an invincible come read the notes on this trip to north korea. and his fed meeting with came the latest demonstration of deepening toys between moscow and fuel. yeah, the throughout the series of the united states of june closest since russia lost its full scale invasion of ukraine's finding friendship. i mean growing global life selection. but it's the relationship that spoken concerns in the west. south korean and us officials say the north has been feeding the russian war machine, sending millions of munitions to must go. they say russia in baton has provided north korea with military technology. and you can only kate, in defiance of un resolutions sold in washington, have housing, emergency cool to discuss the visit. but despite the western criticism, the kremlin said it has every right to develop ties with tone. yeah. and shouldn't be challenged for doin

korea, and listen to what the north korean leader says about this? mean? it’s now signed and it’s not just signed, but. those, let's say, comments that our president and supreme commander-in-chief gave after his signing, this is again a reminder that the context in which all this is happening is much wider than even the far eastern one. listen. the comprehensive partnership agreement signed today provides, among other things, for the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this document. i draw attention to statements by the united states and other nato countries about the supply of high-precision weapons systems, large, large radio systems, f-16 aircraft and other high-tech weapons, equipment for striking russian territory. yes, in fact, this is not only a statement, this is already happening, all this is a gross violation of the restrictions imposed by western countries. in the russian federation, as you have heard about american statements about weapons, about strikes in partnership with north korea

no wonder he is heading to north korea after the so-called elections.ned about the strengthening of relations between these two countries. we know that north korean ballistic missiles are still being used to attack ukrainian targets. they can conclude an agreement on mutually beneficial cooperation, which may somehow affect security on the korean peninsula. right now we don’t yet see any signs that would indicate this. we will be watching very carefully. for this visit, we don’t care how you will watch it very carefully, you lying brute, who, when his family was killed in afghanistan, couldn’t even find words of condolences, he kept lying. i was lying, why, when you told me, you had tears in your eyes about the poor people of ukraine, and you couldn’t even find the strength to say a word say about the poor residents of gas, thinking that this is normal, because of scum like you, and they hate americans all over the world, not ordinary, hardworking residents of texas who have earned the right to be free, undoubtedly, because of scum like these by the way

well, right now there is breaking news from north korea.n signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. russia and north korea. the contract provides, attention. providing assistance in case of aggression against one of the participants. renderings, including military ones. assistance, putin also said that russia is truly news of global scale and historical importance. russia does not exclude for itself, it only said that president putin will develop military-technical cooperation with the dprk in connection with the signing of the contract. possible deliveries of f-16 and other weapons. in recent days , the russian president and a member of the delegation also live here, in general, a large complex, there are pagodas, gazebos, ponds, a beautiful place, from this beautiful place in the last minutes. like news, because many were wondering why you already listed it, it’s just literally pouring in . vladimir putin is going to north korea, can we really only talk about trade turnover, no, really there is political news that russia is

, kim irsen built north korean society according to juche model.is ideology proclaimed the exclusivity of korean autonomy and the cult of personality of the leader, which, after the death of the leader , extended to his son kimchen il, grandson kimchen. who rules north korea today. vladimir putin visited north korea, lightning fast, but meaningful. a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement was signed. interaction reaches a new level. russia no longer looks back at international restrictions; it proceeds from its own reasons. we’ll talk about the content of the visit with the guru of korean studies konstantin osmolov from the institute. china and modern asia, konstantin, hello, not a guru, okay, guru, guru, many compare the agreement with this one with the one that was earlier in soviet times, well, they compare differently, what is common and what is different, we are generally at war we will not get involved on the korean peninsula, as far as i understand, and the agreement is similar to treaty 61, but if we carry out analogies further, we w

north korea is a willing supplier, helping russia to outgun ukraine.riving, putin is to kim jong—un for firmly supporting the war. north korea, the regime, shows little regard for human life, even the lives of its own people. so i would not be surprised if putin and kim work out a dealfor north korea to sent into russia, not only labourers, but also technicians and perhaps even combat troops in the months to come. the two leaders are drawing ever closer, this their second meeting in less than a year. what's in it for mr kim? like russia, his country is under strict international sanctions. the two men pariahs in arms. but the north korean leader as his own ambitious plans, for nuclear weapons and space technology. a recent spy satellite failed, russia for its limitations can still offer vital assistance. north korean tv has firmly set the mood for this high—profile visit. russian martial music conjuring the sort of patriotic fervour audiences in pyongyang are used to. and video screens making the agenda abundantly clear. these are two men under pressur

to the north koreans to have you know, that foreign currency flow coming in. and you know, it's one of the 1st things that we're, we've been hearing signs of in terms of the resumption of trade in economic activities is trying to get more and more north korean workers into russia to, you know, to, in, in the construction industries and logging and, and other kinds of agricultural work um, in order to bring in greater economic flows to the country. and jenny, you're usually based on the us, your and so right now, but we have a question about america's stand on this. has there been any official statement? so i'm actually in dc now i was just, oh, actually already we got the wrong. that's good. it's okay. it's okay. um, but yeah, you know, the us is very concerned as is south korea about the developments about the, the, the, you know, persistence of this relationship and the deepening of this relationship. they're very concerned about sanctions, violations being made as you know, the implications that it has with the weapons programs that condemns you know, this

and us and south korea have warranted that north korea, north korean war arms exports. the russia have are one to rise ever since that control visited russia, back in september of last year. and so putting is coming to north korea when a big delegation, the range of officials, including deputy prime ministers, including the defense minister, heads of russian space agency of russian railway. so on the support for the russian war effort will be the main point on letting me put this agenda. james in taipei. what is north korea is ruler, kim jones calling, hoping to get out of this meeting of the well, of course, one of the really critical things that kim jo meeting is going to be looking for is simply legitimacy. remember, it's a very rare occurrence for a foreign leader to, to visit north career and for team jones to be able to receive an international leader on the scale of let them know the truth. and even if you only young sir, the symbolic significance of boxes is some things to be notices. of course, the minute tree and technological hardware is going to be front and

meanwhile , north korea continues to help russia. american intelligence recently confirmed that russia used north korean missiles during the shelling of kharkiv on january 2. in addition , bheniyaan, despite the embargo and sanctions, is actively developing its ballistic program and conducting tests. how did north korea manage to develop its technology, is russia involved in this and is it approaching north korea before the creation of nuclear weapons. iryna solomko understood the topic. on january 2 of this year, russia fired upon kharkiv with a north korean kn-23 missile, according to recently released us intelligence data. experts claim that this not only proved cooperation between a permanent member of the russian security council and the sanctioned north korea, but also for the first time allowed specialists to obtain large pieces of debris for analysis. bruce bennett is a senior security expert at the california-based rand research center. he speaks north korean. rockets are very similar russian iskanders. it is almost certain

what is north korea's ruler conjunction? hoping to get out of his deepening ties with flooding, recruiting? it's like what i think in the 1st instance, one of the really critical things is going to be legitimacy. remember, it's a fairly rare occurrence to see the head of states of another country visiting appeal young and can join, being able to receive an international leader of this magnitude is housing points around this cations symbolic key. of course, when it comes to the material, things that can join is going to be looking for the us and south korean officials. and the lead on to this was, this have been really stressing that concerned that in exchange for what they believe is north korean weapons transfers to russia to sustain its own going invasion of dw crane that russia in were ton, is going to be offering assistance for the spice satellite program, it forwards weapons program. that would be, of course, in contravention of un resolutions, but the broad, a context here devoted to political contexts is that these, t

when, of course, china is expressed concern about north cris. move all of the hall behavior in the past. um, but the fax remains that of course the, the 1st visit told pierson's new presidential time to see it was that red compet. welcome in beijing. and the facts remains that these are the countries that are welcoming person and not in a sense of taking a stand on the rushes invasion of ukraine. these old countries, which whole style add to what they view is a global or the dominated by the us. and they view, then deepening partnerships and alliances between each other as efforts to combat thoughts as dw east asia corresponding james taylor. thank you so much. i so we can take a look now, some other stories making headlines around the world today. south africa, serial one. my post has been sworn in for a 2nd term. was presidents last month's election so around imposes party. the amc news it's apps unique majority in parliament for the 1st time. but it has now struck a deal to form what it calls a government of national unity of fire and the mil

you see, the west has a one-sided narrative about north korea, and the pictures of north korea are constantly published in the western media, as if this country is a primitive country that lacks any kind of technology and any kind of facilities in this western narrative. this trip showed the new narrative of north korea in the international system, and putin announced that after 24 years of infrastructure development in korea , i admire who is involved in the completion of basic infrastructure in korea, especially in the field of railway transit, architectural construction. technology has entered russia for many years, who is against sanctions the judiciary of north korea has entered and supported russia's korea. you know that it does not mention that during the past four decades , the american judicial sanction of the north korean people is a very important issue. westerners always have a one-sided narrative in the human rights debate. they also created judicial terrorism , but russia also gave special help to pyongyang in this field, so you want to say that the main concern of the west is t

now, how is this partnership it's in russia and north korea effecting tensions between the north and the south. and i'm not sure if the partnership between russia, north korea will directly affect. it's a korean relations since the spiral of tangents that we've seen. um yeah, step up more and more and recent months is pretty much the dynamic between so and trim. yeah. so each of these governments have the tools to stir up potentially even more or not. but i think the partnership with russia or russia outrage support of north korea is still looking for years at north korea could build even more weapons, could even build more advanced weapons with russian support or that concerned in might even feel emboldened to launch you creations against the south now that it has the, from all that commitment from 14 to support in military. now, how does this russia, north korean deal affect g, a politics? if we're looking at other places like nato and, or china as well on china? i don't think the chinese government is viewing this development with only happy views, so to speak. i think bridging is

there's russian president is in north dakota after 24 years. a visit that reflects north go yes. going strategic and buttons for the show is not kodiaks is believe to be providing badly needed stepan's for the she has wash and you clean a multi ration for 14 to keep the country close down. gang is also embracing production leader with open arms as food and expands corporation with the leader who faces isolation from the west. russia and northward, yet denied to think which is bound on the united nations sanctions, but best and offers his claim. in return for veterans was still living technology for north korean missiles and new programs. a situation that is drinking alarm bells in the west truth is wasted. so north korea all demonstrates unconfirmed. so that a close alignment between russia on the old sort of tired and states like multiple now, but also try and law on the, on the wrong. on the this also demonstrates that our security is not the regional. it's, it's global life happens in europe, matters for a showing what happens an issue. i'm not this for all semester to try in

the north is suffering through a heat wave as raising phases of a drought. another sweltering day in northern china here in the capital badging residents are adapted, finding ways to beat the heat. was built for the time that we wear things like neck gators otherwise when we get sunburned, actually i already got sunburn because you can see on my skin anyways with bay things, whether you're either going to get scores you know, with or suffocated for most of there's only those 2 options. so meanwhile, much of southern china has been dealing with torrential rain full in food john province. days of heavy rains triggered land slide trapping a passing truck. at least 4 people have died with the further to reported missing large parts of food. young were under water on the weekend, as river level surged, forcing authorities to evacuate tens of thousands of people. so you'll control shooting in shanty province from shield, which has many urban areas and city streets were abortion, water. elsewhere in the grand g region, rescue teams were hard at work, bringing peopl

. it candidate andy brown in aberdeen north. . ., , candidate andy brown in aberdeen north. , . north come _ north. it comes after it emerged that he had come out _ north. it comes after it emerged that he had come out doubting l north. it comes after it emerged i that he had come out doubting the russian role —— russian president's role in that poisoning and refusing to... we got a statement from labour and saying that he has been administratively suspended from the party, they have drums support from the candidate and it says that keir starmer has changed the labour party and every candidate and he would operate to the highest standard. so if he had one but election on the 4th ofjuly he would stand as independent. as well as labour reform uk have also had difficulty with candidates who have a story up on the bbc going up now about a reform uk candidate who asked when they would support the hannah abbott. this had that in 2018. he also alleged that migrants are bringing in diseases —— diane abbott. perform for their part saying their candidates are not political zombies and they are

now if we're talking about north korea, we also need to talk about china. how does bait gene view all of this? i think this is a very tricky dance. of course china stanz, i'm in so many ways with russia serves as a big brother and lifeline for north korea. but i do think china recognizes that it's not that straightforward and is trying to play this play, this complicated game of standing with these partners against the west without completely jeopardizing its relationships with for example, south korea. so one of the interesting backdrops to this pollutant visit to piano is that you will have high, a high level meeting between chinese officials and south korean officials in sol. so china, i think, is also, i would imagine nervous about the kinds of arrangements that might be made in piano this week because their priority of course, is stability. and any, any trade in military technology that could advance the program certainly makes it more difficult for them to maintain stability in the region. so i think that the chinese are watching this very carefully,

material north korea is sending to the outside world.xplain to us how the weapons, the ballistic missiles are being sent to russia and in what quantities? dr. kim: sure. so we are seeing shipment from north korea to russia. my concern we have is that the connection between -- in the cases where the shipments were being sent from north korea into russia, how is the united states going to intercept them? there is a big problem when you cannot go into the country? we are looking at millions of artillery rounds and assistance with missiles. the componentsave not been affected but still, russia is at a point of desperation that it needs all the help that it gets. north korea is going to acally be able to get things in return such as economic assistance but more importantly, the critical technology to expand a sophisticated weapons program. christian: you are in the camp, are you, that the russians might be exchanging material for the spy satellite system for the nuclear program which it has still not finished, and certainly the delivery mecha

i'll telll you how we did it in north carolina. when itsa comes to getting out the vote, we've got to have a conversation. there are things that you have to do when itt o comes to getting out the vote. you've got to get your people to the polls and you have to persuade the unaffiliated. you've gotot to persuade the independents you've got to persuade the undecided voters. and we are going to do that by making sure that a we are reaching out to them and we are talking to them. everyone in this room has heard me say it a dozen times. and all of my former staff is in the back groaning right now because they know it's coming. the most important statistic in all of politics is if you have a 5-minute conversation with an undecided voter they are 6% more likely to vote and vote for your candidate. weur are going to have more 5-minute conversations with undecided voters than we have ever had in the history of this country. 50% of our votes are going to be cast before election day this year not just in north carolina, but across the country

of course, in response, russia surrenders to north korea.are very deeply concerned about the possibility of russian support for their nuclear and missile programs. mr. alexander, given the list of countries, plus iran and plus syria, does this mean that putin is trying to create some kind of alternative to the north atlantic alliance and create such a military bloc with the participation of countries, asian countries and... countries of east asia? well, even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be able to do it, because there is a more powerful player there, china, with whom all these countries count more than the russian federation, of course, what he has, there is a coincidence of interests with china for sure , but there are also disagreements, and to be honest, i can't even imagine how much beijing gave birth to this security agreement with kimchenin, and how happy they are that the russian federation is ready to share with this short dictator in exchange for... ammunition and equipment and rocket technologies, space technologies, and possibly e

north korea recently sent off rubbish balloons and north korean soldiers crossed into the border oftenget the latest on this trip. we can speak to our china correspondent laura bicker in beijing and our correspondent shaima khalil, who is in seoul. shaima, to you first. this pack that vladimir putin and kimjong un have signed, in and kimjong un have signed, in a practical way how significant is it? it a practical way how significant is it? , , is it? it is interesting because _ is it? it is interesting because the - is it? it is interesting because the fact - is it? it is interesting because the fact that stipulates that in the case of aggression or war, both sides or other side can immediately help the other. i think it has been left vague, it has been left elastic, it can essentially mean whatever it is they want to do but look at how they want to do but look at how they breathe spoke about it, kim jong they breathe spoke about it, kimjong un they breathe spoke about it, kim jong un said they breathe spoke about it, kimjong un said north korea will get involved without hesitation and

the north korean military immediately moved north. after our warning broadcasts and warning shots, we believe that they did not intend to invade. but despite the reassuring woods relations between the 2, korea's r at the lowest and use tensions up in ratcheting up in recent weeks of the po and yang sent hundreds of rubbish. filled balloons across the border, as many of the balloons was said to be filled with ex comments. that in turn led the south to restart, broadcasting, propaganda, and cape off across the border. reinstalling racks of speakers pointing towards the north. now, sol accuse is beyond yang of rebuilding its own. loud speak is near the demilitarized zone speak instead of previously being removed degree is have a long history of blasting each other with propaganda. the use of massive stacks of speak is goes back more than half a century a deal, so both sides agreed to stop using them in 2018. their effectiveness has recently been questioned and many see the re introduction as largely symbolic balloons purchased as in the